Agates
The astronomer thinks of the stars, the naturalist of nature, the philosopher of himself. FONTANELLE. But the Vine standeth stripped and desolate, Having given all; and now its own dark time Is com...
Church and Association
A GOOD EXHORTATION.[Selected.]The preparations of the heart are with the Lord. Let us beseech Him to help us in our infirmities, by His Holy Spirit, that the praise and supplications, which we offe...
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
My first case in the obstetric line came along last week. I was not able to carry the belief entirely painless, but nearly so. The patient sat up next day, and walked around the room. People think...
Letters
ROOTS AND ROOTLETS.[Postscript of a letter to Rev. M. B. G. Eddy.]You have doubtless read Darwin's last book, on the Law of Roots. To us, who are learning to read symbols, it teaches that when Trut...
ACCIDENT AND QUINSY
Dear Founder of Christian Science: I wish to give evidence of my gratitude for what Christian Science has done for my family, through the demonstration of Mrs. F. D. Snider of New York. A year ago...
Agates
We may talk of our faith to the world's end, and if our faith do not mean obedience, we talk delusion. There is no way of entering on the path of salvation but one, and that is by forsaking sin.FAR...
SWORD OF THE SPIRIT
With all long-suffering. I timothy iv. 2.Rev. A. J. Gordon, D.D., in The Watchword, writes, on this text:This is the crucial test of effectiveness in rebuke, that we give it with all long-suffering...
DEAFNESS
Dear Journal: Please find room in your columns for these few lines; for mortals must know what happiness I have found in Christian Science. I have been quite deaf all my life, the infirmity being h...
Agates
Who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what need he elsewhere seek?), Uncertain and unsettled still remains,Deep versed i...
TRUE REST
Rest is not quitting The busy career, Rest is the fittingOf self to its sphere. 'T is the brook's motion, Clear without strife, Fleeing to ocean,After its life. 'T is loving and serving The Highes...